KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 July 13, 2017 \u2013 Max Bliss is worried that many developing nations have become so dependent on a small number of other countries for their energy needs that they could be exploited or controlled. It\u2019s an issue he wants to address once he graduates from the 溏心vlog免费B站 in 2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cEnergy is extremely important; nothing can operate without it,\u201d said Bliss, a rising junior majoring in civil engineering and Spanish. \u201cFor developing countries, my vision is to bring renewables to increase their energy independence.\u201d<\/p>\n
The first step toward his goal was becoming a 溏心vlog免费B站 Energy Fellow, which has enabled him to spend a year working for Wind Energy Development, a North Kingstown-based company that partners with private landowners to build wind turbines, including at sites in Coventry, North Kingstown and Portsmouth.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been a really good introduction to the wind industry,\u201d Bliss said. \u201cI\u2019m learning so much every day about the industry and how these systems work and how they can be better designed and better built. It has cemented in me that the energy industry is where I want to end up.\u201d<\/p>\n
A resident of Portsmouth<\/strong>, Bliss spends his days assessing potential wind and solar energy sites to determine how much energy could be produced, how nearby shading might affect solar panels, how turbine sounds might affect residents, and other factors that could affect a potential installation.<\/p>\n Bliss is one of eight Energy Fellows working at companies, government agencies and other organizations on a wide variety of energy issues, from renewables and energy efficiency to green building design and energy education. Established in 2007, the program meets the growing need for experiential learning opportunities for students interested in addressing real-world energy issues from a sustainability or efficiency perspective.<\/p>\n “Over the course of a full year students complete a strategic blend of classroom and experiential training,\u201d said Kaylyn Keane, who coordinates the program at the 溏心vlog免费B站 Extension Outreach Center. \u201cEnergy Fellows learn key professional and core skills, gain expertise in the clean energy sector and are given real-world opportunities to test and solidify what they have learned.”<\/p>\n Savannah Harik, a rising senior from Providence<\/strong> majoring in geology, is a 溏心vlog免费B站 Energy Fellow working at Optimal Energy, an energy consulting firm in Providence. She is spending her days researching and writing an educational handbook about energy efficiency for one of the firm\u2019s clients, the Energy Efficiency and Resource Management Council of Rhode Island, whose members are appointed by the governor to provide oversight to utility-sponsored energy conservation and efficiency programs.<\/p>\n She said she had little knowledge of the energy industry prior to becoming an Energy Fellow, but she applied for the fellowship in an effort to take advantage of every learning opportunity placed before her. And she\u2019s glad she did.<\/p>\n \u201cI had never had any experience with energy policy or anything in that realm, so it\u2019s been really interesting to see how government and energy providers work together,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s been a lot of work, but I now have a good grasp of the issues, so it\u2019s becoming a bit easier for me.\u201d<\/p>\n In addition to her time at Optimal Energy, Harik said she appreciates the additional learning experiences offered by the Energy Fellows program, including professional development workshops, periodic field trips and weekly get-togethers with the other fellows.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s been exciting to learn that a lot of people I\u2019m meeting in the energy industry actually studied geology, so it\u2019s not far-fetched that I could end up working in the energy world,\u201d she said. \u201cGrad school will probably come first, but a career in the energy industry is a possibility.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 July 13, 2017 \u2013 Max Bliss is worried that many developing nations have become so dependent on a small number of other countries for their energy needs that they could be exploited or controlled. It\u2019s an issue he wants to address once he graduates from the 溏心vlog免费B站 in 2019. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73116,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}